Abstract:
The purpose of this project is to find the optimum practices for managing
inventory, and determining the practices being followed in the Sudanese industry.
In order to collect the required data to determine the inventory management
procedures we developed a questionnaire and made sure to include specific
questions that will produce the required information that we need about the
inventory management system. The next step is handing out the questionnaires in
order to conduct a field survey. We tried to cover as wide a range of industrial
facilities as possible to make sure we have a diverse pool of samples that will
accurately represent the industry of the country. The final step is the data analysis
procedure in which we opted to use the SPSS Statistics v.23 software. This
software provides a helpful platform to analyze questionnaires in the most accurate
way possible. Data is inserted into the software in the form of a code providing all
the variables of the questions and the system proceeds to translate them in the form
of tables, graphs, and all kinds of charts. After analyzing the data we go ahead and
compare the practices being used in the country to the worldwide standards. After
conducting the study, we determined that most of the Sudanese companies and
factories don’t tend to follow the best practices for managing their inventory.
